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HomeMy WebLinkAbout20711 - RESOLUTIONS - 9/3/2003 RESOLUTION NO. 20711 OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING FINAL ENGINEER'S REPORT, LEVYING ASSESSMENTS, ORDERING IMPROVEMENTS, AND AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING RELATED ACTIONS ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO. 161 (MOUNTAIN GATE) WHEREAS this City Council ("Council") of the City of Palm Springs ("City"), California, has adopted its Resolution of Intention declaring its intention to take special assessment proceedings; and WHEREAS, this Council has approved a map and adopted the boundaries shown on such map as describing the extent of the territory included in a proposed assessment district to be known as Assessment District No. 161 (Mountain Gate), City of Palm Springs, State of California; and WHEREAS, this Council has declared its intention to order improvements to Assessment District No. 161 (Mountain Gate) and to levy a special assessment upon the land within the described assessment district, and has given notice of its intention to issue bonds, in accordance with the Improvement Bond Act of 1915 (the "1915 Act"), representing all unpaid assessments; and ' WHEREAS, at the direction of this Council, Albert A. Webb and Associates, as Engineer of Work for improvement proceedings in Assessment District No. 161 (Mountain Gate), has filed with the City Clerk the report prescribed in Section 10204 of the Streets and Highways Code (the "Preliminary Engineer's Report"); and WHEREAS, by its Resolution No. -Qbt :adopted on June 11, 2003, this Council preliminarily approved the Preliminary Engineer's Report; and WHEREAS, notice of hearing was waived by property owners, as evidenced by the Waiver of Notice of Hearing filed with the City Clerk; and WHEREAS, prior to the public hearing set for September 3, 2003, the Engineer of Work filed with the City Clerk a Final Engineer's Report (the "Engineer's Report") which revised the costs and expenses of the work, improvement, proceedings and financing, and revised the assessment roll without increasing the amount of any proposed assessment; and WHEREAS, the public hearing set for September 3, 2003, was conducted, and having providing opportunity for any interested person present to be heard, the hearing was closed; and WHEREAS, this Council finds and determines that, for purposes of the majority ' protest provisions of Section 10311 of the California Streets and Highways Code (the "Code"), no written protests were presented before the close of the hearing and that, therefore, there was not a majority protest; and } 1003/042/25779 vl t r�J Resolution 20711 Page 2 WHEREAS, this Council finds and determines that the proposed assessment of the cost and expenses of the proposed improvement upon the respective parcels of land in the assessment district, as set forth in the Engineer's Report, as Section 3 and 5 thereof, represents a fair and equitable apportionment of such cost and expenses in proportion to the estimated benefits to be received by each parcel, respectively, from the improvement; NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Palm Springs, California as follows: Section 1. This City Council hereby overrules each of the protests submitted, whether written or oral, being satisfied, based upon all of the information known to the Council and presented in the record of these proceedings, that the recommendations ,set forth in the Engineer's Report are in conformity with legal standards and requirements and that the recommended assessment has been established in a fair and equitable manner reflecting the estimated benefit to the respective parcels in proportion to such estimated benefits. Section 2. The Engineer's Report filed by the Engineer of Work is hereby approved by this Council without modification. Section 3. The proposed work and improvement, as described in Section I of the Engineer's Report, is hereby ordered. Section 4. The individual assessments, in the amounts stated in Section 5 of the Engineer's Report are hereby confirmed and levied, and in accordance with Section 10312 of the Code this action is final as to all persons. Section 5. The assessment diagram, as set forth in Section 4 of the Engineer's Report, shall be filed for record in the Office of the County Recorder for Riverside County, as required by Section 3114 of the Code; that a notice of assessment, containing the matters required by said Section 3114 shall be prepared, executed and recorded by the City Clerk; and that notice of recordation of assessment shall be given by publication and by mail in the form and manner required by Section 10404 of the Code. Section 6. There will be no cash payments from property owners on account of the assessments levied, since the owners of all property assessed have waived the cash payment period, and a copy of such waiver is on file with the City Clerk, and there has been filed with the City Clerk a list, showing payments received and assessment amounts remaining unpaid (the "Paid and Unpaid List"). 1003/042125779 v1 2 �y, Resolution 20711 Page 3 Section 7. Following receipt of the Paid and Unpaid List from the Finance Director, this Council intends to proceed with authorization for the , .issuance and sale of limited obligation improvement bonds (the "Bonds") pursuant to the 1915 Act upon the security of unpaid assessments, bearing interest at a rate not to exceed twelve percent (12%) per annum, with the last principal installment of the bonds to mature twenty-five (25) years from the second day of September next succeeding twelve (12) months from their date. ADOPTED this 3`' day of September, 2003. AYES: Members Hodges, Reller—Spurgin and Mayor pro tem Oden NOES: None ABSENT: Member Mills and Mayor Kleindienst Acy- -1TEST: CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA �City Clerk Ciy Mana REVIEWED & APPROVED AS TO FORM City Attorney 1003/042/25779 vl 3 / /y�